Hacker News: physhster

New comment by physhster in "Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers"

physhster — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:49:11 +0000

Less than 30 makes no sense. It's easily in the hundred if you account for shifts and the specialized jobs required.

New comment by physhster in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"

physhster — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:25:21 +0000

Thanks for that, now I have a rock-solid argument when people say "oh we're already Microsoft customers, we'll just use Azure, it's easier, and they have Active Directory!!"

New comment by physhster in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"

physhster — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:18:49 +0000

This reads like Google culture too...

New comment by physhster in "ICAO issued new power bank restriction on flight"

physhster — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:42:22 +0000

Some airlines and/or local aviation authorities have additional restrictions. China wants CCC certified power banks, Thailand has a strict 160 Wh limit. Both are very strictly enforced.

New comment by physhster in "Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee"

physhster — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:38:55 +0000

Is this an ad for comma.ai? Because it sure reads like one...

New comment by physhster in "Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website"

physhster — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:15:03 +0000

Better than not having solar panels at all...

New comment by physhster in "Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war"

physhster — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:00:32 +0000

So does Pichai... Every time there is something new, he forces Google to pivot, upending everything without much to show for it.

New comment by physhster in "2025 Infrastructure Report Card"

physhster — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 20:31:27 +0000

A C seems pretty generous...

New comment by physhster in "Tesla Robotaxi Videos Show Speeding, Driving into Wrong Lane"

physhster — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:48:02 +0000

https://archive.ph/LkjJw

New comment by physhster in "EU Eyes Ditching Microsoft Azure for France's OVHcloud"

physhster — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:46:05 +0000

For cheap bulk compute, it's probably ok, but where would you serve your actual critical prod from?

New comment by physhster in "EU Eyes Ditching Microsoft Azure for France's OVHcloud"

physhster — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:39:54 +0000

I don't think OVH is anywhere near the level of AWS/GCP/Azure in terms of the quality of the infrastructure and networking. They seem to cut all the corners they can cut in pursuit of lower prices. They built a data center out of wood, with no fire suppression, and it burned down, taking businesses with it: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/ovhclouds-dat...

New comment by physhster in "Las Vegas is embracing a simple climate solution: More trees"

physhster — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:50:15 +0000

The whole city is a climate problem.

New comment by physhster in "Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)"

physhster — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:32:04 +0000

I'm afraid most of the damage is already done...

New comment by physhster in "Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong?"

physhster — Tue, 13 May 2025 20:15:43 +0000

Bank of America offers FIDO U2F as a second factor but doesn't let you remove SMS as a factor. I don't see what the point is.

New comment by physhster in "Email Forwarding for Your Domain"

physhster — Sat, 10 May 2025 21:48:20 +0000

ImprovMX recently sold to an American owner, though... So that's really not great.

New comment by physhster in "Apple needs a Snow Sequoia"

physhster — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:18:10 +0000

Apple is becoming like Google, everything is slightly broken and nobody cares, because fixing stuff doesn't get you promoted...

New comment by physhster in "The Last Drops of Mexico City"

physhster — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:53:29 +0000

Some data centers use evaporative cooling, in outside chillers. The water use is fairly high.

New comment by physhster in "US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s"

physhster — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:16:04 +0000

Really makes you wonder if that "president" could be teaming up with the other side...

New comment by physhster in "GSA Eliminates 18F"

physhster — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:08:19 +0000

It's somewhat interesting that the NYT acts all outraged while the refused to report on the orange guy's numerous conflicts of interest/crimes/dubious connections, and all out penchant for fascism before the election...

New comment by physhster in "Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge"

physhster — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:42:37 +0000

I gave up and started using ControlD instead of uBlock or PiHole. It's been great and well worth the price. Clean, fast page loads.